nUI : InfoPanel [GuildChat]

This InfoPanel Plugin allows the user to have their guild related chat in a separate screen accessible as required. This one is using panel 15. Where identifiable it will use the last chat frame it used in an earlier game session otherwise it will use another window.

Tested Environments
nUI+ 5.07.42 with WOW 5.4.2

Slash Commands
Slash commands listed below will disable the plugin ready for removal of the addon. You can re-enable it again if you change your mind before logging out.

If you wish to add your localization please post a copy of your translation with the localization code you use and I will endeavor to include it at the earliest convenience.

Known Caveats

You are limited to 10 chatframe windows ( including the combat log ) and thus it is suggested that when you first decide to use this addon that you see if there are some chat frames no longer required that can be removed.

Originally posted by Fizban This worked at adding the channels to the infopanel. Thank you.
Having played with it for a while, I did notice that the joiners and leavers don't show up, but I can live with that if it means I keep nUI the way it is without extra chat windows and addons.

Try adding the line
ChatFrame_AddChannel(gcframe, ""CHANNEL"");
in there as well as I think that handles any channel status messages too.

Adding this line above the ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup lines with your specific custom channel name it will automatically tick the channel box and will receive the messages from the moment you log in. I won't add it by default though as the Chat plugin works regardless as a second display of chat messages.

ChatFrame_AddChannel(gcframe, "nUI");

Just replace nUI with the name of your custom channel and repeat as needed for each channel you want to keep activated.

This worked at adding the channels to the infopanel. Thank you.
Having played with it for a while, I did notice that the joiners and leavers don't show up, but I can live with that if it means I keep nUI the way it is without extra chat windows and addons.

Originally posted by Fizban I do like this "extra" to the nUI addon, so thank you for your hard work.

One question, whether or not this is something for your addon or another on, this is great for adding "normal" channels, but is there something that can be done to include my own channels ie channels 4 - 9?

Hmm, not sure. Does it let you set the channels but just doesn't save them ? If so, try the [Chat] plugin which saves your channel changes.

I haven't played with custom channels myself so I am honestly not sure how they work. I will have to test it on the nUI guild server which has a chat channel and see what happens there.

Edit:
Okay, been testing this awhile and have finally figured out what you can do to get it to work rofl.

Adding this line above the ChatFrame_AddMessageGroup lines with your specific custom channel name it will automatically tick the channel box and will receive the messages from the moment you log in. I won't add it by default though as the Chat plugin works regardless as a second display of chat messages.

ChatFrame_AddChannel(gcframe, "nUI");

Just replace nUI with the name of your custom channel and repeat as needed for each channel you want to keep activated.

I do like this "extra" to the nUI addon, so thank you for your hard work.

One question, whether or not this is something for your addon or another on, this is great for adding "normal" channels, but is there something that can be done to include my own channels ie channels 4 - 9?

You can change GuildChat's chat frame settings to include whispers for that play session. However, this addon was designed specifically so that people could keep all guild chat in an accessible window. I have whispers in another infopanel but if its just for fights like that just change the setting when you log in and it should work fine till you log out.

The other option is if you personally, want to permanently have whispers with guild chat, take a look at what I did for the whispers addon and add that change to the guild chat addon. The could should be almost identical and so easy to track the differences.

Is there anyway i could get tells put into this frame as well? When I'm downing Lady Deathwhisper and I get a tell it would be much easier to look to the right after the fight than scroll 20 pages up through DBM spam to find the tell.

That was actually mentioned in the nUI Forums a while back to institute a guild info frame to contain that sort of information. At the time I had no account active but now that I have I can look into what is involved and see if I could rig one up.

Very minimal and it works fine. The only problems you may have with multiple chat windows is if you set up multiple windows in nUI to anchor onto one or the other frames and then drop nUI. Once nUI is removed it cannot forsee this and remove anything that had been adjusted for it.

If your problem seems to be multiple windows just close all but General and CombatLog and let GuildChat create the window it wants.

Hmm, oh yeah, sorry, forgot it isn't as simple to add an image on these comment pages. Try using the image link. It might be big enough for me to see what you are talking about. If that doesn't work don't worry about it. I'll try and log in over the next few days and test it out myself.